berklee college of music

Boston, MA, October 25, 2011  – Berklee College of Music and Marsalis Music present Marsalis Berklee Jams, a program that brings up-and-coming jazz artists to Boston for performances and masterclasses with Berklee students. The featured artist for this eighth installment is the JD Allen Trio, with tenor saxophonist JD Allen, bassist Gregg August, and drummer Kush Abadey, a former Berklee Presidential Scholar.

The JD Allen Trio, known for seamlessly blending its creative members’ improvisation into deliberate frameworks, will present masterclasses and concerts on November 9 and 10. While participation in the masterclasses is only open to Berklee students, tickets for the concerts are available to the public. Read more »

Boston, MA, October 19, 2010 - Berklee College of Music and Marsalis Music present Marsalis Berklee Jams, a program that brings up-and-coming jazz artists to Boston for performances with Berklee students, as well as master classes and clinics. The featured artist for this sixth installment of Jams is Aaron Goldberg, a Boston-born pianist and composer “selfless in all the right ways … versatile and impressive, and he swings hard” (New York Times).

On November 3 and 4, Goldberg will present two performance/jam sessions at 8:00 p.m. While participation in the jam sessions are open to Berklee students only, tickets for the concert/jam sessions are available to the public. The Jams take place at Berklee’s Cafe 939, 939 Boylston Street. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $10. For tickets or more information, call (617) 747-2261 or visit Berklee.edu/events. Shows at Cafe 939 are all ages.
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